On October 28, 2015, 13-year-old Jessica Pelligrini began choking on an apple during lunch. The emergency could have turned fatal had fellow classmate Brandon Williams, also 13, not rushed to her side and successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver. Marveling at Brandonsās heroism, his father Anthony Williams askedā¦
In response to pressure from parents and members of the state school board, Utahās middle school science standards have been, shall we say, rearranged, postponing all discussion of climate change until 8th grade.
The tiresome sexual double standardācelebrating escapades in men that are judged in womenāpervades politics and pop culture, taking its toll on adults of both genders. According to a new study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), its impact may start as early as the middleā¦
As a rule, middle and high school are the most embarrassing times of a personās life and school dances are where we experience the worst of it. Not only are we expected to move our awkward growing bodies in a way thatās deemed acceptable and graceful by other humans, but weāre also risking awkward boners, romanticā¦
Instead of using their sleepovers to watch music videos and gossipālike so many of us used toāa group of six middle school girls from East Texas have been spending their free time discussing state legislation and planning a PSA about teen dating violence.
Four Wisconsin middle school students are facing criminal charges after they recorded themselves having sex at what the local media has creatively termed a "sex party." Although the videos weren't shared on social media, the local chief of police says he wants to send a message that such sex-recording is unacceptable.
A picture of a junior high-era Jennifer Lawrence surfaced on Reddit yesterday. Miloblue12, the redditor who posted it apparently went to middle school with her and commented, "She hasn't changed much since."
I wish this story were as straightforward as it sounds in the headlineālike, DreamWorks heard that Jessica L. was packing some amazing goss in her journal, but then they accidentally bought Jessica T.'s journal instead (amateurs), and the only thing in there was a bunch of acrostics about how much Jessica T. wanted toā¦
One of my earliest memories is the face of my mother, looking lovingly but sternly into my eyes as she lightly rested her hands on my tiny shoulders. "Be nice, Erin," she said. "BE NICE." She's told me this hundreds of times during my life ā and as I've gotten older it's become easier for me to resist the urge to sayā¦
Pop quiz: Are you smarter than an eighth grader in 1912?
Cleavage is literally empty space. Yet teenage girls who reveal "enough" of it, unintentionally or otherwise, are often humiliated and punished by high school administrators who feel uncomfortable with the hollow between a teenager's breasts.
The classroom is not the beach, young lady. But it's not a convent, either. So why are administrators and busybody parents so fascinated with teenage girls' boobs, butts and thighs? We're sick of adults imposing arbitrary moral standards on female students' attire for fear they'll "distract" their fellow classmates.ā¦
In Readington, New Jersey, there's been a kerfuffle over the 8th grade dinner dance. Not a fun "Oh my God, Brian asked you?! But he's a total stoner, Marissa!" kind of kerfuffle, but the kind that requires girls to have at least one strap on their formal dresses so as "not to distract the boys." (That was the initialā¦
When Bard College students recently held anti-bullying workshops at a middle school on topics like gender identity and consent, instructors split boys and girls into two groups to practice "saying no" in a comfortable setting. Cut to: Fox News claiming that the girls' class promoted "lesbian role play" while boysā¦
Instead of teaching students to respect each other, a misguided middle school in northern California is telling its girls to no longer wear pants that are "too tight" because it "distracts the boys". Yes, because deviant dames in body conscious clothing are yet another reason men aren't succeeding in this world, andā¦
Fast. That's what my mom called it. As in making decisions too fast, moving too fast, growing up too fast. Fast girls had lipstick, heels, boyfriends. And it was clear that you weren't supposed to be like them, and if a part of you sorta kinda wanted to, you kept it to yourself. As new research from the University ofā¦
In the most foolheaded story of the year, a 15-year-old girl in Hurricane, UT is banned from school until she dyes her hair back to a "natural" color. Yes, this is something that is happening in the year 2013 because the robots won and the matrix is real. Honestly, if middle school girls can't dye their hair, weā¦
Take that, therapists: journaling after a breakup makes it harder to move on, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Arizona thought that particularly "ruminative" patients could benefit from writing out all of their feelings in explicit detail like a 14-year-old LiveJournal poet. (More on thoseā¦
"Can your eggs brake?" Middle schoolers' anonymous sex questions will make you want to hug them.
On my first day of middle school, I brought the following items with me:
